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Draggin' the Line
"Draggin' the Line" is a hit song by American rock musician Tommy James, who went solo after Tommy James and the Shondells broke up in 1970. It was first released as the B side of "Church Street Soul Revival" in 1970. The song was judged to have some hit potential so they went back in the studio and added horns to the master and re-released it as an A side single in 1971. It was included on his second album, ''Christian of the World'' in 1971 on the Roulette Records label, the song was James' biggest hit as a solo artist〔 selling more than a million copies, and appears as the fifth track on James' 1991 retrospective album ''The Solo Years (1970-81)'' released by Rhino.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Draggin' The Line (Single Version) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Solo Years (1970-81) )〕
Written and produced by Tommy James and Bob King, "Draggin' the Line" reached the top 40 on the U.S.'s ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on June 26, 1971,〔 climbed to a peak of #4 for the week of August 7, 1971, and remained in the top 40 rankings for 11 weeks total.〔 The song reached even higher in ''Cash Box'' magazine's competing jukebox singles charts, attaining the #2 spot for the week of August 9, 1971. "Draggin' the Line" was ranked at #54 overall for hot songs of 1971 by U.S. music industry pillar ''Billboard'' magazine.
"Draggin' the Line" has been described as a "lazy psychedelic shuffle whose hypnotic feel perfectly expressed its title" Exactly what the song is about is not clear. It has been speculated that the song's title and lyrics refer to cocaine use, citing the title, the lyrics, Tommy James' documented drug use, and because another Tommy James and The Shondell's song, "Crystal Blue Persuasion," has been previously associated with the use of speed,〔 the song having been described in 1979 by noted music critic Dave Marsh as "a transparent allegory about James' involvement with amphetamines."
==Media appearances==
"Draggin' the Line" has made many media appearances. Among others, in a cover by Beat Goes Bang in the 1991 film ''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead''; as the opener in a 1999 Canadian film ''New Waterford Girl''; in a cover by R.E.M. in 1999 for the ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' soundtrack; in ''Inside Deep Throat'', a 2005 documentary about the 1972 pornographic film ''Deep Throat'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tommy James Filmography )〕 is heard in the somber 2006 football drama ''We are Marshall'', in the ''My Name is Earl'' episode, "Robbed a Stoner Blind",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My Name Is Earl: Robbed a Stoner Blind )〕 in CBS's crime drama ''Cold Case'' (episode 54),〔 and was featured in "Anthem," a familiar Mitsubishi commercial that debuted in October 2004. The commercial shows a long line of cars and sport utility vehicles cruising past Mitsubishi mechanics all dressed in red coveralls.
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